Editor’s note: This column was written several weeks ago after the sudden passing of STC football legend Mark Fetter. As many of you know, many of my articles are about growing up in Chelsea during the 50's & 60's. Chelsea was a thriving little town, (ok, maybe not actually thriving but ...
November 11 is Veterans Day!! Thank you, Veterans, for your service to our country! We salute you and honor you, for you are a hero in every sense of the word, and we are proud of you! We’ve all done things we’re not proud of. In college, I got caught up in a crowd protesting the Vietnam ...
Success during the 2023 pheasant season has Iowa hunters eagerly awaiting this year’s opening day and with bird population estimates similar to two years ago, hunters are expecting another great fall afield. Pheasant hunting has been an Iowa tradition spanning generations. This year, it ...
I have never understood people who get things done ahead of time. I’m sure as my editor Rob reads this, he’ll be thrilled to know my stance on working right up to a deadline. Outside of my work life I can assure the professors at my great institution, I will get my work done on time, and ...
My first short story acceptance letter hangs framed by the back door. My first 100 or so rejection letters hung for the longest time in the living room, under a comic strip of Snoopy writing a letter on his typewriter. The letter that Snoopy writes reads, "Gentlemen, Regarding the recent ...
Over the summer I found myself in quite the squirmish to get my hands on a copy of the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle. I admit I can be a bit particular with how I like things, routine is very important for me. A part of my morning routine is to pick up a copy of the paper from a local convenience ...
I am like a dead tooth when it comes to horror movies, almost completely desensitized. And there is a reason for that. So, between my parents, and not ever really enjoying the outdoors, I got a good movie education as a kid. I'm not sayin' we sat around talkin' Fellini or the themes of ...
One of my favorite living artists is Johnny Sampson. He's known as the "Last Idiot Standing," because he is pretty much the last artist creating original artwork for Mad Magazine. Mad started mainly reprinting their classic comics a few years back, but Sampson still creates a new fold-in for ...
Now, please take a moment and seriously ponder that question. If you could bask in just one month of any year, enjoying every single day of that month, which one would it be? Would it be a month with a special holiday in it, such as Christmas, 4th of July, Valentine's Day or perhaps ...
It has been a tough week around town, there’s no doubt about that. I would like to start by extending my sincere condolences to the family of Sydney Culbertson. Though I did not know Sydney, I was involved in many activities she participated in, her involvement and commitment to her interests ...